Investment & finance
One United Properties has unveiled its strategy for the coming years. It plans to triple its residential offer by 2030, expand its commercial sector and build hotels in Bucharest in partnership with global brands.
Material partner
Intensive commercialization of the multifunctional Fern building under construction at Off Piotrkowska Center has begun. A modern building, the construction of which will start at the turn of 2024/2025, offers 4,700 sqm of service space and 2,700 sqm of office space.
Investment & finance
Baltisse and Straco Real Estate acquire majority stake in Speedwell, expanding reach into Romania and entering Polish market. Speedwell wants to spend at least EUR 1.5 bln on acquisitions in Poland in the coming years.
Land acquisitions
Garbe Industrial Real Estate has secured another plot of land in Rüdenhausen, Germany. The Hamburg-based project developer is planning a logistics centre with a total area of around 19,200 sqm on the site.
Warehouse & industrial
The JV of Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors has completed the construction of the first warehouse facility in City Point Targówek. The 7,000 sqm building fully leased to DPD Polska is the part of a complex which will provide nearly 100,000 sqm space in the biggest park of last-mile logistics in the Warsaw boundaries.
Retail & leisure
Cushman & Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Polish retail market. The opening of 2024 is encouraging and new retail space supply in the coming months is likely to match or even surpass last year’s total.
Residential
According to the Berlin 2024 Residential Market Report by real estate financier Berlin Hyp and real estate service provider CBRE, purchase prices have fallen, while pressure on the rental housing market continues to increase. As a result, rental prices are continuing to rise sharply.
Hotels
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Novum Hospitality announced a long-term agreement that will double IHG’s presence in Germany to more than 200 hotels in almost 100 cities through Holiday Inn – the niu brand collaboration and European debuts for IHG’s Garner and Candlewood Suites.
Warehouse & industrial
Hillwood Polska has started its first investment in the Poznań market. As part of the Hillwood Poznań - Czempiń project, the company is building a warehouse complex of nearly 130,000 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Centrum Černý Most, a shopping centre in the Prague region, is set to undergo a significant expansion of 9,100 sqm that will add over 30 new shops and restaurants, as well as additional screens to the centre’s multiplex cinema.
Office & mixed-use development
The structure of The Bridge skyscraper in Warsaw's Wola district has reached its final height, i.e. 174 m. The builders have just completed the last technical floor. Installation and finishing works inside the facility and the assembly of the facade are in progress.
Retail & leisure
Redkom Development sold 100 pct of shares in the company holding the Glinianka complex. The retail park, located near Warsaw, has been bought by CEE-Big Europe.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has finished the last stage of Panattoni Park Sulechów III. The centre has been developed for BestSecret, a European members-only online destination for premium and luxury off-price fashion. The building has a total area of 136,000 sqm, which makes it one of the largest logistics centres in the region.
Warehouse & industrial
CTP has signed a deal with Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese company that manufactures computers and electronic hardware, for a 22,500 sqm production facility at CTPark Jülich in northwest Germany.
Warehouse & industrial
Medical company Fresenius Medical Care has renegotiated its lease of 3,900 sqm of warehouse space and 120 sqm of office space in Prologis Park Poznań.
Events
We regret to inform you that Piotr Kroenke, long-time general director of GTC and co-creator of many of the company's successes, has passed away.
ESG
BIK Park Sosnowiec II has successfully passed the BREEAM certification at the Very Good level. Last year, BIK Park Wrocław I and II - two other properties from the portfolio of Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych - went through the same assessment process.
Investment & finance
According to the special research report Romania Retail Destinations 2024, released by CBRE Romania, by the end of 2024 the stock of modern retail spaces in the country will overpass 4.5 mln sqm. It will set a new record for Romania.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has built another facility in Lesser Poland, City Logistics Krakow Airport II. The investment was made on a speculative basis and already has its first tenant – Allegro.
Warehouse & industrial
Marelvi, a distributor of electronics and home appliances in Romania, has extended its lease agreement for more than 8,100 sqm of space at the MLP Bucharest West logistics park.
One United Properties has unveiled its strategy for the coming years. It plans to triple its residential offer by 2030, expand its commercial sector and build hotels in Bucharest in partnership with global brands.
Baltisse and Straco Real Estate acquire majority stake in Speedwell, expanding reach into Romania and entering Polish market. Speedwell wants to spend at least EUR 1.5 bln on acquisitions in Poland in the coming years.
According to the special research report Romania Retail Destinations 2024, released by CBRE Romania, by the end of 2024 the stock of modern retail spaces in the country will overpass 4.5 mln sqm. It will set a new record for Romania.
Mitiska REIM has sold a 6.7ha land plot to Momentum Leisure to develop a theme and water park which will further reinforce the offering of the Europa Centralna retail center, located in Gliwice.
Hillwood has increased its loan with Millennium Bank to EUR 29 mln for the construction of phase II of the Park Hillwood Zgierz I project, located in Central Poland, 2.5 km from the A2 motorway entrance and 15.5 km from the A1 motorway junction.
EPP and Echo Investment have successfully secured a loan worth EUR 145.2 mln for the new financing of the Galeria Młociny shopping centre in Warsaw.
Hillwood Polska has signed a loan agreement with mBank worth more than EUR 28.4 mln for the construction of a warehouse in Dobrzykowice near Wrocław. The building will be part of the Hillwood Wrocław East project being developed together with LCube.
Dubai-headquartered investment platform Solida Capital has acquired the G5 office building at ul. Grójecka 5 in central Warsaw from Cromwell European REIT for EUR 15.86 mln. The property is to undergo a refurbishment following the change of ownership and will be rebranded as G5 Prime Offices.
Panattoni has gotten financing to develop a factory for global lighting expert Trilux, a company that specialises in environmentally-friendly B2B solutions. The loan of EUR 18,3 mln was granted by Alior Bank.
Hungarian real estate group Futureal Investment Partners has sold for an undisclosed sum two buildings of Lipowy Office Park in Warsaw to the 1AM CEE Student Housing Fund, which is managed by Vilnius-based 1 Asset Management.
ARA Europe and the Romanian investor Gheorghe Iaciu have sold the Expo Market Doraly shopping centre in Afumați on Bucharest’s north-eastern outskirts to Belgian warehousing group WDP for an undisclosed sum.
Hungarian developer Faedra Group has sold its 16,600 sqm Faedra22 warehouse development in southern Budapest to a German investor for an undisclosed sum.
MLP Group has unveiled the key goals of its growth strategy for 2024–2028. The 2024 plans have been updated in response to shifts in the macro environment and the impact of the war in Ukraine.
Inrev’s Quarterly Fund Index confirms an ongoing correction in the European real estate market. The Q4 2023 performance was yet again negative, a total return of -1.70 pct, and a sharp decline from -0.56 pct reported in Q3 2023.
Despite the monetary headwinds and continued economic uncertainty around the world, there is a strong belief that the global real estate industry is at a "pivot point", with improving prospects ahead for renewed investment activity, according to the latest Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Global Outlook 2024 from PwC and the Urban Land Institute.
NEPI Rockcastle has expanded its development and refurbishment pipeline in 2024 to just over EUR 650 mln across its Central and Eastern European markets, the biggest retail investment programme in the region.
The Rock Park Przeworsk retail park, opened at the beginning of February, gained a new owner after a month of operation. The transaction took place between RockCapital. and ME Invest, a company owned by TERG S.A., owner of the Media Expert chain.
MLP Group has successfully placed EUR 41 mln worth of bonds, comprising an entire issue, with 35 investors in a public offering intended for qualified buyers. The transaction was arranged and conducted by mBank.
Investment firm Lords LB Asset Management has completed the purchase of the Technopolis Ozas office campus in Vilnius with a total area of over 100,000 sqm. The seller was Technopolis Lietuva.
Żabka Group has received approval from the Romanian National Authority for Consumer Protection to acquire a majority stake in FMCG distribution leader DRIM Daniel Distributie in Romania. As a result, Żabka Group met all regulatory requirements and finalised the transaction.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory ...
According to the report released by research firm Spectis, “Modular construction market in Poland 2024-2029”, top 100 manufacturers of prefabricated b ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
BIK Park Sosnowiec II has successfully passed the BREEAM certification at the Very Good level. Last year, BIK Park Wrocław I and II - two other proper ...
Eurobuild Awards 2023 is behind us, but if you haven't yet gotten your hands on the special "Eurobuild" supplement prepared for the Gala evening, you ...
The next edition of our monthly magazine is now available both in paper and digital versions! Traditionally, the new issue was first sent to our confe ...
Welcome to Eurobuild FM! We invited an excellent expert to the today's episode – distinguished structural engineer Tristram Carfrae, deputy chair of w ...
We regret to inform you that Piotr Kroenke, long-time general director of GTC and co-creator of many of the company's successes, has passed away.
This latest episode of 'Eye to Eye' is hot out of the podcast oven and ready to listen to! Eurobuild’s guest today is Paweł Sapek, the head of Prologi ...
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Novum Hospitality announced a long-term agreement that will double IHG’s presence in Germany to more than 200 hotels in almos ...
Kamil Kowa has become the new CEO of Savills in Poland. He is a member of the management board of the company, and for the past nine years has held th ...
The investment programme until 2030 worth more than PLN 1.5 bln has been approved for Katowice's Wojciech Korfanty Airport. The programme will include ...
Designers from Colliers, under the supervision of architect Kateřina Štenclova, prepared the concept for the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Prague. The ...
One United Properties has unveiled its strategy for the coming years. It plans to triple its residential offer by 2030, expand its commercial sector a ...
Garbe Industrial Real Estate has secured another plot of land in Rüdenhausen, Germany. The Hamburg-based project developer is planning a logistics cen ...
Intensive commercialization of the multifunctional Fern building under construction at Off Piotrkowska Center has begun. A modern building, the constr ...
The structure of The Bridge skyscraper in Warsaw's Wola district has reached its final height, i.e. 174 m. The builders have just completed the last t ...
M Core announces the launch of ‘Square 7 part of M Core’, a strategic joint venture between M Core and Square 7 Properties, to establish a new managem ...
Echo Investment and its subsidiary Archicom have started the construction of a primary school for 450 pupils on ul. Konstruktorska in the Służewiec su ...
According to the Berlin 2024 Residential Market Report by real estate financier Berlin Hyp and real estate service provider CBRE, purchase prices have ...
Cushman & Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Polish retail market. The opening of 2024 is encouraging and new retail space supply in the co ...
The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experien ...
The JV of Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors has completed the construction of the first warehouse facility in City Point Targówek. The 7,00 ...
An open door to redefining the commercial real estate market in Poland
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